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Can you please give me a technical description of sleep paralysis?
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Sleep paralysis: Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It will occur when a person passes between stages of wakefulness and sleep. It has happened to me before. It can cause some anxiety (at least for me) as your mind is awake but your body is literally paralyzed.
Answered 10/4/2016
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